Trump is making America sad again

According to the 2025 “ World Happiness Report ’, Americans are growing less happy.

Trumpism may be both a symptom of that unhappiness and a driver of it.

Making Americans happier isn’t a matter of individual self-improvement but a political project.

People who believe their lives have purpose are happier than those who feel adrift.

Conservative conservatives have historically been happier than liberals.

But with the re-election of Trump , they might have just hurled all of us towards a much unhappier future.

Liberals aren’t necessarily getting happier. But conservatives, in the age of Maga , certainly seem to be getting angrier.